"debut of Clint Eastwood, who appears uncredited as a lab technician named Jennings early in the story. He is shown having a discussion with Professor Ferguson, accusing a test subject cat of eating a lab rat, only to find the rat in his lab coat pocket. Critically reviewed in ""The New York Times"", ""Revenge of the Creature"" was dismissed as a fourth-rate sequel with the comment, ""... away we go, as before."" Other than some interesting sequences involving the setting, ""What is probably the most unusual aquarium in the world makes a nice, picturesque background indeed ..."" the review was"
"Caraval The caraval (also called a cara-serval) is the cross between a male caracal and a female serval. They have a spotted pattern similar to the Serval, but on a darker background. These are bred for the pet market. A servical is the cross between a male serval and a female caracal. A litter of servicals occurred by accident when the two animals were kept in the same enclosure at a Los Angeles zoo. The hybrids were given to an animal shelter. The only photos show them as tawny kittens. These hybrids can theoretically be backcrossed to their parent species"
"A caraval is a cross between a male caracal (""Caracal caracal"") and a female serval (""Leptailurus serval"")), while a male serval's and female caracal's offspring are called servicals. The first servicals were bred accidentally when the two animals were housed together in the Los Angeles Zoo. The offspring were tawny with pale spots. If a female servical is crossed to a male caracal, the result is a car-servical; if she is crossed to a male serval, the result is a ser-servical, etc. The blynx or lynxcat is a hybrid of a bobcat (""Lynx rufus"") and some other species of genus"
"in various ways: Currently, only ser-caravals have been documented. All of these hybrids will more closely resemble the species that contributed the greater fraction of their genes. Caraval The caraval (also called a cara-serval) is the cross between a male caracal and a female serval. They have a spotted pattern similar to the Serval, but on a darker background. These are bred for the pet market. A servical is the cross between a male serval and a female caracal. A litter of servicals occurred by accident when the two animals were kept in the same enclosure at a Los Angeles"
"to a serval, a much smaller animal. Although uncommon north of the Sahara Desert, one of the serval's few North African ranges is quite near Lampedusa. The symbol on the Tomasi di Lampedusa coat of arms is the serval and though unusual servals were owned by some Sicilians as exotic pets. The novel is the story of Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, a 19th-century Sicilian nobleman caught in the midst of civil war and revolution. As a result of political upheaval, the prince's position in the island's class system is eroded by newly-moneyed peasants and ""shabby minor gentry."" As"
"include the Serval (""Leptilaurus serval"") Caracal (""Caracal caracal""), African Wild Cat (""Felis silvestris""), Bat-Eared Fox (""Otocyon megalotis""), Black-Backed Jackal (""Canis mesomelis""), Cape Fox (""Vulpes chama""), Ground Pangolin (""Manis teminckii""), Aardvark (Orycteropus afer), Aardwolf (""Proteles cristatus""), and Honey-Badger (""Mellivora capensis""). Small carnivores include the Striped Polecat ""(Ictonyx striatus""), the Small-Spotted Genet (""Genetta genetta""), Yellow Mongoose (""Cynictis penicillata""), Kaokoland Slender Mongoose (""Galerella flavescens""), Banded Mongoose (""Mungos mungo""), and Meerkat (""Suricata suricatta""). In Namibia, leopards are considered ‘problem animals’ since farmers perceive them as a threat to livestock. As a result, these creatures are now considered elusive as they have had to adapt"
"shade of bushes and grasses. Servals remain cautious of their vicinity, though they may be less alert when no large carnivores or prey animals are around. Servals walk as much as every night. Servals will often use special trails to reach certain hunting areas. A solitary animal, there is little social interaction among servals except in the mating season, when pairs of opposite sexes may stay together. The only long-lasting bond appears to be of the mother and her cubs, which leave their mother only when they are a year old. Both males and females establish home ranges, and are"
"mark their ranges and preferred paths by spraying urine on nearby vegetation, dropping scats along the way, and rubbing their mouth on grasses or the ground while releasing saliva. Servals tend to be sedentary, shifting only a few kilometres away even if they leave their range. The serval is vulnerable to hyaenas and wild dogs. It will seek cover to escape their view, and, if the predator is very close, immediately flee in long leaps, changing its direction frequently and with the tail raised. The serval is an efficient, though not frequent, climber; an individual was observed to have climbed"
"a shy, nocturnal creature with a smooth, pale grey body, bulging eyes and four spindly legs with large flat feet. Mooncalves perform dances in the moonlight, and are apparently responsible for crop circles. In the film of the same name, Newt Scamander's collection of creatures in his suitcase includes a herd of Mooncalves. Wilfred Maxwell, narrator and protagonist of occultist Dion Fortune’s 1938 novel, ""The Sea Priestess"", refers several times to a mentally handicapped character who falls into the sea and disappears as a ""mooncalf"". Mooncalf A mooncalf (or moon-calf, calvaluna) is a monstrous birth, the abortive fetus of a"
"Sharvara Sharvara (Dog of Yama) (शर्वर) is an ancient Hindu mythical dog belonging to Yama. It is one of the two dogs that guard the netherworld. Sharvara is identified with the constellation Canis Major, the other dog with Canis Minor, together they guard the gates of the netherworld, known as pitriloka or vaivasvataloka, which is the domain of Yama. The word ""sharvara"" means variegated or spotted. In older Sanskrit, शर्वर is written as कर्वर (karvara). Sharvara can be compared with the Greek Cerberus, the mythological dog of the Greeks with similar characteristics. However, there is no description of Cerberus having"
"Towel animal A towel animal is a depiction of an animal created by folding small towels. It is conceptually similar to origami, but uses towels rather than paper. Some common towel animals are elephants, snakes, rabbits and swans. The exact originator of towel animals is unknown, but their popularity is often attributed to Carnival Cruise Lines. The ancestors of the towel animals are perhaps handkerchief animals or napkin folds. Carnival, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, Disney Hotels and Holland America Line cruises will often place towel animals on a patron's bed as part of their nightly turndown"
"the first living thing that the deity Roog (or Koox) put on Earth The serpent is linked to Serer cosmology and mythology. The serpent itself is the symbol of the Pangool (ancient Serer saints or ancestral spirits). Fangool, the singular of Pangool means serpent in Serer language. The ""Yaal Pangool"" are the masters of the cult. In Serer mythology, there is a relationship between trees and the serpent. In the Serer religion, the reincarnation of souls is a strongly held belief. When the dead leave the world of the living, their souls or """"double"""" transforms into an animal, usually a"
"chew up the newspaper or floor, scratch up furniture, or dig out the trash. It is helpful to praise a pet after it has done something favorable. It can also be given a treat after praising it to do the favorable action or completing a trick. Werewolves are a type of supernatural creature which the Sim can interact with or even be transformed into. Sims exist as Werewolves only during night hours. During these hours, the werewolf's energy will go up, but their hunger will decrease more quickly as well. A Werewolf can teach a pet faster than humans and"
"house-elves, giants, goblins, hags, veelas, Werewolves, and vampires. According to this definition, fairies, pixies, gnomes, and most other creatures are classified as ""beasts."" Centaurs and merpeople are said to have rejected ""being"" status in favour of ""beast"" status, as have leprechauns. Werewolves and Animagi are notable because they are typically in human form—a werewolf transforms from human state only at the full moon, and an Animagus is a human who has learned to transform into an animal at will. Their classification is unclear, and offices responsible for werewolves exist in both the Beast and Being Divisions. A number of creatures,"
"Celestial creature In the ""Dungeons & Dragons"" fantasy role-playing game, celestial creatures are magical versions of regular creatures (such as wolves, bears, horses, elks, badgers and so on) which live in the Upper planes. The celestial creature template first appeared in the third edition ""Monster Manual"" (2000), and the revised 3.5 ""Monster Manual"" (2003). Celestial creatures fairly closely resemble their normal-plane counterparts but typically have a more imposing, if not godly and mysterious, appearance. They also have considerably increased intelligence. Many celestial creatures are pets or servants or spies or such of gods and celestials. Celestial creatures cannot speak, but"
"created shrines in honour of the Pangool, thus becoming the custodians of the Pangool cult. There are several Pangool in Serer religion and each one is associated with a specific attribute, have their own , means of worship, etc. The symbol of the Pangool is the serpent, represented by two coiled snakes. The etymology of ""fangool"" comes from the Serer phrase ""Fang Qool"" which means the sacred serpent the plural of which is ""pangool"". Fangool means serpent. There are two main types of Pangool: non-human Pangool and human Pangool. Both are sacred and ancient, but the former is more ancient"
"from the back of the head onto the shoulders, and then break into rows of spots. The white underbelly has dense and fluffy basal fur, and the soft guard hairs (the layer of fur protecting the basal fur) are long. Guard hairs are up to long on the neck, back and the flanks, and are merely long on the face. The closely set ears are black on the back with a horizontal white band; the ears can rotate up to 180 degrees independently of each other. The serval has a good sense of smell, hearing and vision. The serval is"
"understand Common and Celestial. They are regarded as neutral good in alignment. Their evil, Lower plane dwelling counterparts are fiendish creatures. Celestial creature In the ""Dungeons & Dragons"" fantasy role-playing game, celestial creatures are magical versions of regular creatures (such as wolves, bears, horses, elks, badgers and so on) which live in the Upper planes. The celestial creature template first appeared in the third edition ""Monster Manual"" (2000), and the revised 3.5 ""Monster Manual"" (2003). Celestial creatures fairly closely resemble their normal-plane counterparts but typically have a more imposing, if not godly and mysterious, appearance. They also have considerably increased"
"Snake Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most have only one functional lung. Some species retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca."
"servant through direct feeding. His unique power is the ability to ""call"" all animals, not just a single species. Using this power, Padma can bend animals and shapeshifters to his will, and can also use the power as if it were a shapeshifter's ""beast"" - forcing his power into another, controlling their shapeshifting, and even killing them. He is a member of the only other surviving triumvirate in the novels, with and Captain Thomas Carswell. Anita successfully demanded that Padma surrender his son, Fernando in return for Anita sparing Padma's life. Anita then gave Fernado to , a woman he"
"Mrenh kongveal Mrenh kongveal (, ) are beings in Cambodian folk mythology resembling elves of western folklore; they are particularly associated with guarding animals. By anecdotal accounts the roots of Mrenh kongveal appear to be uniquely Khmer. The mrenh kongveal are small in stature with bodies comparable in size to human children, and are fond of mischief. Offerings are often left to them when seeking their help. The etymology of the name given these spirits is not entirely evident in the component meanings. The Khmer word ""mrenh"" by itself is fishermen's slang for ""one who catches fish"" or, as a"
"themselves; they leave their mother at about 12 months of age. They may reach sexual maturity from 12 to 25 months of age. Life expectancy is about 10 years in the wild, and up to 20 years in captivity. The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) lists the serval as least concern; the animal is also included in CITES Appendix II. A major threat to the survival of the serval include the degradation of wetlands and grasslands. Trade of serval skins, though on the decline, still occurs in countries such as Benin and Senegal. In western"
"gave the name ""Cerberus"" to a genus of Asian snakes, which are commonly called ""dog-faced water snakes"" in English. Cerberus In Greek mythology, Cerberus (; ""Kerberos"" ), often called the ""hound of Hades"", is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. Cerberus was the offspring of the monsters Echidna and Typhon, and usually is described as having three heads, a serpent for a tail, and snakes protruding from parts of his body. Cerberus is primarily known for his capture by Heracles, one of Heracles' twelve labours. Descriptions of Cerberus vary, including"
"Lavellan A Lavellan, làbh-allan, la-mhalan or la-bhallan etc. is a mythological/cryptozoological creature from northern Scotland. It was generally considered to be a kind of rodent, and the name """"làbh-allan"""" is also used for a water shrew or water vole in Scottish Gaelic. It was however, reportedly larger than a rat, very noxious, and lived in deep pools in rivers. Its poisonous abilities were legendary, and it was said to be able to injure cattle over a hundred feet away. Fleming, describing the Ermine, compared the prejudice against the animal to Sibbald's account of the country people's dislike of the Lavellan;"
"Wulver The wulver is a kind of humanoid wolf creature that is part of the folklore of the Shetland islands off the coast of Scotland. The wulver kept to itself and was not aggressive if left in peace. Unlike their werewolf counterparts, the Wulver is not a shapeshifter and wasn't a human from the start. It appears to be a sort of immortal spirit. Jessie Saxby, in ""Shetland Traditional Lore"" writes: After researching folklore traditions gathered primarily from Gaelic areas of Scotland, an authority on congenital disorders, Susan Schoon Eberly, has speculated the tale of the wulver may have a"
"The Grand Luxxe uses flowers or flower petals and the tips of palm branches to enhance some of their creations such as the image picturing a peacock and peahen. Towel animal A towel animal is a depiction of an animal created by folding small towels. It is conceptually similar to origami, but uses towels rather than paper. Some common towel animals are elephants, snakes, rabbits and swans. The exact originator of towel animals is unknown, but their popularity is often attributed to Carnival Cruise Lines. The ancestors of the towel animals are perhaps handkerchief animals or napkin folds. Carnival, Norwegian"
"Wyvern A wyvern ( , sometimes spelled wivern) is a legendary creature with a dragon's head and wings, a reptilian body, two legs, and a tail often ending in a diamond- or arrow-shaped tip. A sea-dwelling variant dubbed the sea-wyvern has a fish tail in place of a barbed dragon's tail. The wyvern in its various forms is important to heraldry, frequently appearing as a mascot of schools and athletic teams (chiefly in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada). It is a popular creature in European and British literature, video games, and modern fantasy. The wyvern in heraldry and"
"that ""The scitalis (scytale) has a skin that shines with such variety that by these marks it slows down any who see it. It creeps slowly and cannot pursue its prey, so it stupifies with its marvelous appearance. It is so hot that even in winter it sheds its skin."" Scitalis The Scitalis or ""Scytale"" is a serpent from Medieval bestiaries, such as the Aberdeen Bestiary, supposed to have such marvelous markings on its back that its appearance would stun the viewer, slowing the person down so that they could be caught. Its bodily heat was so great that it"
"sea creature hauriant is in a vertical position with its head up. A fish, dolphin, or other sea creature urinant is in a vertical position with its head down. A serpent glissant is gliding horizontally in an undulant posture. Serpents, and the tails of other beasts and monsters, may be nowed or knotted—often in a figure-eight knot. Attitude (heraldry) In heraldry, an attitude is the ""position"" in which an animal, bird, fish, human or human-like being is emblazoned as a charge, supporter or crest. Many attitudes apply only to predatory beasts and are exemplified by the beast most frequently found"
"all animal type monsters are based on real world animals. Creature entries based on mythological, fictional, or nonexistent animals are usually classified as magical beasts (see below). Besides ordinary fish, birds, reptiles and mammals, the animal type is also applied to depictions of dinosaurs, prehistoric animals, and ""dire"" or specially modified, often larger and scarier, versions of real world animals. Some real world animals are not given the animal type in the game. Examples include arthropods (insects, spiders, etc.) and worms, which the game classifies as ""vermin"" (see below) and not animals. Mollusks, such as octopuses, are often classified as"
"living. They can be humans, plants, animals, places, supernatural beings, etc. Animals and trees are viewed by the Serers as extended relatives of human beings, because they came from the same divine placenta at the time of the coronation. Many Pangool are spirits of early ancestors who had died. They represent both Pangool of the paternal line (""pangool o kurcala"") and those of the maternal line (""pangool o ƭeen yaay""). These ancestors guide and protect their descendants. Many have a master of the cult who knows how to evokes the ancestor. The earlier Pangool were not human beings, but superior"
"more cunning hedgehog. The wolf plays a prominent role in the Serer religion's creation myth, where it is viewed as the first living creature created by Roog, the Supreme God and Creator. In one aspect, it can be viewed as an Earth-diver sent to Earth by Roog, in another, as a fallen prophet for disobeying the laws of the divine. The wolf was the first intelligent creature on earth, and it is believed that it will remain on earth after human beings have returned to the divine. The Serers believe that, not only does it know in advance who will"
"Sharabha Sharabha (, , , Telugu: శరభ) or Sarabha is a part-lion and part-bird beast in Hindu mythology, who, according to Sanskrit literature, is eight-legged and more powerful than a lion or an elephant, possessing the ability to clear a valley in one jump. In later literature, Sharabha is described as an eight-legged deer. Shaiva scriptures narrate that god Shiva assumed the Avatar (incarnation) of Sharabha to pacify Narasimha - the fierce man-lion avatar of Vishnu worshipped by Vaishnava sect. This form is popularly known as Sharabeshwara (""Lord Sharabha"") or Sharabeshwaramurti. The Vaishnavas refute the portrayal of Narasimha as being"